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• quota — /kwowta/ A proportional part or share, the proportional part of a demand or liability, falling upon each of those who are collectively responsible for the whole. An assigned goal, as a sales quota; a limiting number or percentage such as the… …   Black's law dictionary

• quota — [ k(w)ɔta ] n. m. • 1927; angl. quota, mot lat., abrév. de quota pars → quote part ♦ Contingent ou pourcentage déterminé. Quotas laitiers. Quota d immigration (aux États Unis). Douanes Quotas d importations, d exportations : quantité de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• quota — ► NOUN 1) a limited quantity of a product which may be produced, exported, or imported. 2) a share that one is entitled to receive or bound to contribute. 3) a fixed number of a group allowed to do something, e.g. immigrants entering a country.… …   English terms dictionary

• quota system — 1. a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year. 2. a policy of limiting the number of minority group members in a business firm, school, etc. 3. any… …   Useful english dictionary

• quota — noun 1》 a limited quantity of a product which may be produced, exported, or imported. 2》 a share of something that one is entitled to receive or bound to contribute. 3》 a fixed number of a group allowed to do something, e.g. immigrants to enter a …   English new terms dictionary

• quota — A fixed amount, for example a quota under the Taft Inter American Coffee Agreement fixing the amount of coffee to be imported into the United States from coffee producing countries of the Western Hemisphere. 21 Am J2d Cust D § 11. A particular… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Quota Law — A statute which prescribes a quota system for immigration to the United States whereunder a limitation is placed upon the number of immigrants from particular countries to be admitted into the country in one year. 8 USC §§ 1151 1157 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• quota — n. 1 the share that an individual person or company is bound to contribute to or entitled to receive from a total. 2 a quantity of goods etc. which under official controls must be manufactured, exported, imported, etc. 3 the number of yearly… …   Useful english dictionary

• quota system — 1. a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year. 2. a policy of limiting the number of minority group members in a business firm, school, etc. 3. any… …   Universalium

• Emergency Quota Act — The Emergency Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, the Per Centum Law, and the Johnson Quota Act (ch. 8, 42 Stat. 5 of May 19, 1921) restricted immigration into the… …   Wikipedia

• Taiwanese American — Infobox Ethnic group group = Taiwanese Americans 臺灣裔美國人 Táiwān yì měiguórén poptime = 500,000 0.16% of the US populationcite web |url=http://www.fapa.org/TAHW/2001/kleczka.html |title=TAHW STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD D. KLECZKA (D WI)] popplace =… …   Wikipedia